New criteria for immunofluorescence assay for Q fever diagnosis in Japan

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 5555-5559

  Setiyono, A ^a,b   Ogawa, M ^a   Cai, Y ^a   Shiga, S ^a   Kishimoto, T ^a   Kurane, I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUIVOCAL AREA; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; REFERENCE VALUE; SEROLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COXIELLA BURNETII; EVALUATION STUDIES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; JAPAN; Q FEVER; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 27744504781     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.11.5555-5559.2005     Document Type: Article

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